#AE6540#AE6540

#AE6540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.107 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE6540
RGB	rgb(174, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 25.93, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 42.20, 52.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.0736 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.107 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0364, 18.6785, 7.2416)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE6540 #4089AE

analogous

#AE4052 #AE6540 #AE9C40

triadic

#AE6540 #40AE65 #6540AE

tetradic

#AE6540 #52AE40 #4089AE #9C40AE

square

#AE6540 #52AE40 #4089AE #9C40AE

split-complementary

#AE6540 #40AE9C #4052AE

monochromatic

#55311F #814B30 #AE6540 #C68665 #D7A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AE6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AE6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE6540

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE6540	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.107 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9176',
    500: '#ae6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae6540;
$custom-light: #cb9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE6540

secondary

#88AEC2

accent

#A9D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE6540

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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